Black Girl
"She's got to cut it... or cut out."
An aspiring dancer and her two wicked sisters resent their mother's love for a foster daughter.
"She's got to cut it... or cut out."
An aspiring dancer and her two wicked sisters resent their mother's love for a foster daughter.
Leslie Uggams
Netta
Claudia McNeil
Mu' Dear
Brock Peters
Earl
Rhetta Greene
Ruth Ann (as Loretta Greene)
Louise Stubbs
Mama Rose
Peggy Pettit
Billie Jean
Gloria Edwards
Norma
Kent Martin
Herbert
Ruby Dee
Netta's mother
An aspiring dancer and her two wicked sisters resent their mother's love for a foster daughter.
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